#ECE99F#ECE99F

#ECE99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.094 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE99F
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 159)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -9.95, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 37.74, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0261 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.094 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.9896, 78.6153, 44.2815)
Luminance	0.7861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE99F #9FA2EC

analogous

#ECC29F #ECE99F #C9EC9F

triadic

#ECE99F #9FECE9 #E99FEC

tetradic

#ECE99F #9FECC2 #9FA2EC #EC9FC9

square

#ECE99F #9FECC2 #9FA2EC #EC9FC9

split-complementary

#ECE99F #9FC9EC #C29FEC

monochromatic

#D8D239 #E2DD6C #ECE99F #F6F5D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#ECE99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE99F

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE99F	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.094 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbc',
    500: '#ece99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece99f;
$custom-light: #f3efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91943,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE99F

secondary

#676BC8

accent

#1ECF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE99F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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